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Media Law

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Dictionaries: 

Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary, 3rd ed

Encyclopaedic Australian legal dictionary

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

News

News: 

Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world. Full text is usually available back to the 1990s. No images or full-page views.

Press Display Shows page layout views of newspapers, showing the stories exactly as published. Only the last 60 days of publication available.

Informit TVNews Videoclips of news broadcasts from Australian television stations from 2007 onwards.